Photo BMW v8 2006

manchild · Post 17 Jan 2006, 15:09

CCRomeo,

Pic from above IS new BMW V8 F1 engine while the one you posted below is over two decades old BMW F1 4 cyl. TURBO engine.

CCRomeo · Post 17 Jan 2006, 15:12

sorry about that caption wrong will correct

jgredline · Post 19 Jan 2006, 02:44

Old or new, they are incredible

West · Post 19 Jan 2006, 03:28

Doesn't their V8 weigh as much as their V10? This year's engine weighs 95kg and i think the V10 was near 92kg at one point.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 19 Jan 2006, 16:58

http://www.f1technical.net/news/1580

The engine weighs 95KGs because there is now a rule that stipulates that the engine must have a minimum weight of 95KGs.

If anything this may help Mclaren iron out those reliability problems...make a heavier engine less likely to break...i guess lol

ginsu · Post 20 Jan 2006, 10:44

Minimum engine weight? That completely stifles engine development. Maybe it's a cost cutting measure too.

Guest · Post 20 Jan 2006, 12:37

yeah but im pretty sure they can put ballast at the bottom. it doesnt jepordise the actual engine weight, as they can have the ballast where its better and lower the cfg

dumrick · Post 20 Jan 2006, 14:25

That's not all the story.

In terms of CFG HEIGHT, that's true, but it forces it backwards, and we know how much teams have done these few years to increase the weight on the nose to move the CFG FORWARD.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 20 Jan 2006, 18:32

I think it may be mostly a cost-cutting measure, but the CofG factor is also a key piont.